Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-08
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SHORT STOPS.
Where's your ulster?


Which was made first, the hen Of
the egg?
- Amusements at Elders Opera
Mouse all next week.
Several leading merchants are
away purchasing fresh goods.
Lots of good market stuff is being
sfld at the market at present.
Jailbirds Of every shade, both male
and female are plenty at Follows
hotel, just now.
There are no decisive prospects for
the early resumption of navigation
rim the Cumberland.
The city was visited by great
crowds of country people who were
buying supplies, this week.
The spectacles of an average Mont
gomery county magistrate are double
glassed and in brass frames.
Jef Herndon, Of GAINESVILLE, won
the one mile bicycle race at the Hop
kinsville Fair on last Saturday.
Bill Weeks, a Christian County,
KY, darkey, fell from a wagon near
the city Tuesday and broke q leg.
ben Smith has moved into the
Ledbetter Gold Merritt,) house on
Madison near the Christian church.
Norman Smith, of this city, won
1.-THE. second prize in the one mile BIZ
ycie race at the Hopkinsville Fair
4 FAST Saturday.
Clarksville's street railroad is said
to- be tiourishing finely. The stock.
Is commanding a premium and is
going up all the time.
A bogshead Of new primings was
Bold for DIR. S. M. Lowery of Elkton.
KY, this week at s1.95. Herndon,
t1allunS q Co., making the sale.
Joseph Cannings popular brick
nasxn who has been engaged at work
pm the new Arlington hotel here,
lied last Sunday at Henderson, XIV
Mr.. Geo. Cramer and Miss Mary
Aing were married last week in
Pouth GAINESVILLE. The CHRONICLE
xtends congratulatio1 rs, and good
wishes.
Advancing class under Prof. Searcy
farted off in tiourishfDg condition
Thursday evening and will con-
nue. every night for several weeks.
he Prof.'s terms are So. per scholar.
Ire Parrish the. negro charged with
lurdering George Taylor, white
an, in Christian county, KY, was
quilted few days since as the jury |
ought him justified in committing
e act.
Mr.. j. P. Gill who took some of
s fine horses over to the Hopkins
lleSFir last week succeeded in
pturing some new laurels. Mr..
IL is always in the lead.
We are sorry to announce that DR..
d Mrs. Trawick lost their little
TO- Year old son, Tharpe Barbee, on
~ turday. The bereaved parents
We the sympathy of the CHRoS-
LIE.
L is understood that some of the
Ft musical talent of GAINESVILLE
IL tackle the operetta entitled
he Last Will and Testament" at
der's Opera House either on the
h of this month.
THE city of GAINESVILLE sold S23, 800
her 6 per cent. thirty-year bonds
frNn Sl01.26 to $1O2. 26 and took up
200 of her bonds that matured
t. /, 1887. Bids were received for
200, all above par.
lobacco handlers in the MANY
niheries and leaf houses here are
ing up for the coming season.
MOP and stave time is now on, and
muscular woodsman is making
next years breadan meat.
four pound fish would find
lble navigating some parts of
nberland river now. 1t is said
business would be brisk along
river this month if there was
ugh water for the steamboats,.
is. Ryan's business cards appears
where, to which the readers at
ion is called; and 1t is hoped
she will receive full share of
business she asks. Miss Ryan
Fell and favorably known and de-
res Access.